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Deepfakes Make Online Fraud Harder to Spot, Experts Warn

Original: ⚠️ PSA: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of dis

A public awareness warning is circulating that deepfakes, voice cloning and other synthetic media have made online fraud far harder to detect than in the era of obvious glitches and distorted hands. A short animation from BBC Ideas and The Open University is being shared, teaching practical verification habits people can use to recognize manipulated content before falling for scams.

Why now: Concern about increasingly realistic AI-generated scams is prompting renewed sharing of practical media-verification advice.

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• ⚠️ PSA: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of distorted hands and obvious # glitches . An animation from # BBC Ideas and The Open University breaks down practical verification habits to help recognize… · tksst@fediscience.org · 2

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